Ticket-printing mechanism



C. L. LEE.

TICKET PRINTING MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 20, I9I6.

PatentedSept. 20,

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TICKET PRINTING MEQHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 20, 1916.

1,391, 129, PatentedSept. 20 1921.

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TICKET PRINTING MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED JULYZO. 191.6.

Patented Sept. 20, 1921.

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C. L. LEE.

TICKET PRINTING MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 20, I916.

Patented Sept. 20, 1921.

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C. L. LEE.

TICKET PRINTING MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 20 1916.

1,391, 129. PatentedSept. 20,1921.

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TICKET PRINTING MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 20. 19l6-;

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UNITED. STATES CHARL S L. LEE, 0 DAYTON, 01x10, ASSIGNOR TO THE NATIONALCOMPANY, or DAYTON, OHIO.

IPVA TENT OFFICE. V

CASH REGISTER TICKET-PRINTING MECHANISM.

' Application filed .T 111v 20,

machines and has particular reference to the ticket feeding and ejectingmechanisms of such machines. v

One of the objects of the invention is to provide an improved receiverfor the ejected tickets. This receiver is designed particularly toprevent the trouble arising with 7 machines now on the market due to thefact that patronshold their hands at the point 'where the tiokets'aredelivered in such a way as to interfere with the ejection of the ticketsand sometimes cause them to drop back into the machine.

WVith these'and incidental objects in view, the invention consists incertain novel features of construction and combinations of' parts, theessential elements of which are set forth in the appended claims, and apreferred form of embodiment of which is hereinafter described withreference-to the drawings whichaccompany and form part of thespecification.

Of said drawings v Figure 1 is a left side view of the assembledprinting mechanism.

Figs. 2 and 8 are details of some ofthe connections whereby the ticketstrips are moved inand out of proper relationship with the feeding,printing and) severing mechanism.

FFig. i is a rear view ofv the assembled printing mechanism. I Fig; 5 isa transverse vertical section taken at the right of the bank ofdenomina- 'tion or amount keys and shows, among other thin s, theprinter selecting mechanism controlled by said keys.

Fig. 6 is the same as Fig. 5 except that the key frame has been brokenaway and some of the mechanism shown in the latter figure omitted toshow clearly the operating mechanism controlled by the amount keys.

Fig. 7 is a detail view of a cam for operating certain parts of themechanism shown in Fig. 6.

Fig. 8 is a right hand view of the ticket Specification of LettersPatent. Pat t t;

1916. Serial No. 110,317.v

key bank and the mechanism controlled thereby for determining the numberof tickets .to be issued at an operation'of the machine.

Fig. 9is a view :of a modified form of ticket receiver and guide.

Fig. 10 is a right elevation of some'of the driving ,mechanism andconnections: for operating locking devices; l

Fig. 11 is a detail of cam grooves for coupling anduncoupling theprinting mechanisms and foroperating the ticket severing devices. I Fig.12' is a detail of the differentially piovable plate cooperating withthe ticket :eys.

Fig. 13 is a detail of oneof the lockin detents for the ticket keys.,. w

Fig. 14 is a left eievation of-mechanism for controllingthe selectiveoperation ofthe ticket mechanis'msQ Fig. 15 is a front view of themechanism shown in Fig. 14 and 'inadditionthereto shows in crosssectionone of the pairs of feeding rollers. p

Fig. 16 is a right side elevation'of one of the operating connectionsfor the ticket selecting mechanism and-is intended principally to showhow operation of oneof the feedingmechanisms is prevented when the otherfeeding mechanismis in effective condition. I

Fig. 17 is a right elevation'of'mechanism for locking the printerselecting mechanism in position between operations.

Fig. 18 is'a longitudinal section of thecyiinder for printing the facesofthe tickets and the mechanism for setting "the date printing typecarriers- Fig. '19. is a detail of the operating connection between twoof the strip feeding rolls. Fig. 20 is a section through the cylinder onthe line 20-20-.F-ig. "1 8 and shows the mechanism for setting the datewheels and retaining them in position.

ting-knob. v Fig. 22 is a detail of the operatingdevice for the checkejecting mechanism.

Fig. 28 isa topplan viewof'thecheck ejecting mechanism actuated by the,devices shown in Fig. 22.. I

Fig.2 shows the preferredform of ticket receiver and guide as viewedfro'mthe rear of the .rnachine andlooking down atan I a 1 0 Fig. 21 is adetail of the date wheel set be understood, however, that the presentin- 'vention is applicable as a whole orin varithe number of tickets isfirst depressed and ous parts to other types of machines and it is notintended to limit the invention to the one embodiment shown herein.

The machine in .the drawings is constructed to issue tickets-of twoclasses drawn from separate strips of paper. Operations of-the machineare controlled by two banks of keys, abank of price or amount keys fordetermining the kind or price of ticket to be issued and a bank ofnumber keys for determining the number of tickets to be issued at asingle operation of, the machine. Depression of a number key positionsmeans for determining the number of continuous operations of themachine, there being one ticket issued during each of such o erations,while depression of a pricekey releases the driving mechanism andvcontrols the selective operationof the ticket mechanism. If but a singleticket is wanted'it is necessary only to depress the pricekeyrepresenting that kind of ticket; but if more than one ticket isdesired the number key representing then the desired price key.

The devices for selectively operating the ticket issuing mechanismsinclude pairs of feeding rollers for ripping the ticket strips againstother rotative feeding devices to feed the strips to the position wherethey are severed and ejected from the machine.

The rollers of each of thesepairs are mounted-upon 'eccentricsattachedto shafts in such a waythat'whenthe shafts are rocked to move one pairof the rollers into feeding relationship with their companion devicesthe other pair ofrollers will be swung out of feeding relationship. Forexample, if the shafts arein position'for the feeding rollers tofeed'the tickets of lower'value and the price key 'fortickets of highervalue is depressed, connections are set so that during the nextsucceeding operation of the driving mechanism theshafts will be rockedto render the other set of feeding rollers effective.

The shafts are retained in this position at the end ofthe operation andwill remain in said position during successive operations until thelower value price key is depressed and the'machine operated. p

The pairs of feeding rollers mentioned are all driven at each operationof the machine,

strip which is not in use is in loose contact with itsidly movingfeeding rollers and this has atendency to advance the strip slightly ateach operation so that if no means were provided for preventing it thestrip would be 'moved forward out of correct relation with the ticketmechanism and operation of the knives would cut a shred from the end ofthe strip. This would result in an ac cumulation of particles of paperin the machine which might eventually cause trouble and also, because ofthe fact that apart of the matter appearing on the tickets is printed byoperations of the machine previous to the operation at which the ticketis completed and issued, would eventually cause part of i the matter toappear on one ticket and part on another. In order to overcome this, agripping device is provided for each of the strips in connection withmechanism whereby when the machine is operated to issue tickets of onekind the gripping device for i that ticket is moved to position thestrip in proper relation to its printing and severing cylinder carryinga. set of date printing type wheels for each strip and a price printingtype carrier which maybe'set manually to position any of the price typethereon'to print when the cylinder is rotated. This provides a meanswhereby when a change in the price of tickets is made the machine can beprepared toprint the new prices. This increases the flexibility of themachine llQ to the extent that the machine is not limited to printinonly one fixed price for each of the ticket strips. 1 i

As each ticket is severed it is. seized by check ejecting mechanism andthrown with considerable force into a guide which is shaped to deflectthe tickets from their path of movement anddirect them into a receptaclefrom which they may be removed by the purchaser; There may be a guideandreceptacle for each of the ticket strips but in thepreferred form butone ceptacle is employed.

Dm'm'ng mechrmism The machine is, in this'instance. operated by means ofa handle 50 '(Fig. 10) loosely mounted on a stud Rigid with the handleis a gear 52 meshing with a gear 53 guide and re attached to a shaft 54extending'the width of the machine. Meshing with the teeth of the eari58is an intermediate gear 55 (see also Fig. 5) mounted on a stud 56-andwhich in turn meshes with the teeth of a gear 57 fastened to a shaft 58.The gearing just mentioned is so proportioned that two turns of theoperating handle 50 will result in a single rotation of g the shafts 54:and 58. These two shafts are the main driving shafts of themachineandwarry cams and other devices for actuating the variouspartsofthe mechanism. It is, of course, clear that in addition to the operatinghandle 50, or in place of said handle, mechanism might be provided fordriving the machine by means of an electric motor such as is mentionedin the Skerl application above cited and is well known on themarket. r I

Keg board and operating mechanism.

The keyboardcomprises a bank containing two price keys 61 (Figs, 5 and6) and a bank containing number keys 62 (Fig; 8). The price keysdetermine which of the two ticket strips is to be brought into play,while the number keys control the number of tickets to be issued atanoperationof the machine. The keys 61 and 62 are mounted in key frames63 in such a. way as to be limited to endwise vertical movement.Springs64 wound around the shanks of the keys cooperate with the keyframes and shoulders 65 on the keys normally to hold said shouldersagainst the underside of the key frames. i

As the price keys serve to effect the release of the machine it isdesirable to provide means for retainingany operated number key indepressed position until an amount key-is operated, and after the pricekey is operated it is necessary toretain'the operated number key indepressed position until near the endof the operation of the machine.The mechanism for so retaining the number eys is described in detailv inthe copending application abovereferred to, but it is advisable to givea brief description'of the mechanism here. I

Said mechanism comprises a detent 66 (Figs. 8 and 13) loosely supportedat its rear end by alever 6.8" pivoted on a stud 69 attached to the keyframe-63f -Atit's forward end the detent is loosely supported by an arm70 pivoted ona stud '71, fastened to the key frame 63. Studs projectingfrom the left hand sides of the shoulders 65 of the keys 62fco6peratewith inclined edges 76 of the locking hooks or projections 77 on thedetent 66jand when a key 62 is depressed the detent is cammed forwardagainst the tension of a s'prlng 78. After the key 62 has been depressedfar enough the spring- 78 returns the detent66 toward itsoriginalposition so that the corresponding projection key 62 and retainsthe key in depressed position. Movement of the detent 66 in onedirection is limited by engagement of a shoulder 81 on its lower edgewith a pin 82 in the key frame 63.

If a wrong key 62 should be depressed it may be'released at any timebefore a price key is operated by means of a release key 83 (Fig. 8).This key is the foremost key in thenumber bank and when eepressed itsstud 84 will engage an inclined edge 85 (Fig. 13) on the detent 66 andmove the dctent forward far enough to carry the hook 77 from above thestud 75 on the depressed key to permit the spring 64 to return theticket key to its normal position.

lVhen a price key 61 is depressed a locking plate 91 (Fig. 8) is movedrearward. as hereinafter described, to lock the depressed number key 62in depressed position until near the end of the operation of themachine.

The locking plate 91 is slidably mounted on tions 93 for unope'ratedkeys will at the same time be carried under the studs 91- on said keysand thereby prevent their being dcv pressed during anoperation of themachine. Near the end of the operation of the machine the" lockingplate91 is returned .to its orig inal position in order to free the depressedkey 62, whereupon the springs 61 on the key restores the key to itsnormal position.

In order to ermit the operated key 62 to be restored w en the lockingplate 91 is disengaged it is, of course, necessary also'to hook 77thereon from the stud 75 on the depressedkey, This disengaging movementof the detent 66 occurs at each and every operation of the drivingmechanism and'is i move the dete'nt G6 forward to disengage the impartedby rocking the lever 68 in the.

proper direction about its pivot 69. In order to give this rockingmovement the'lower arm of'the lever 68 carries a stud 98engaging a slotin one end of the lever 99 loosely mounted on a rod 100. Formedon thelower endof the lever 99. is a nose 101 suitably shaped to cotiperatewith a cam block 102 fastened to the side of a cam disk 103 at-.

tached to the driving shaft 54. "At each rotation of the shaft 54 thecam block 102 will engage the nose 101 and rock thelever 99 clockwise(Fig. '8)' thereby imparting a counter-clockwise movement (Figs. 8 and13) to "the lever 68 and moving the locking with the studs 7 5 on thekeys 62.

detent 66 forward against the tension of its spring 78 far enough todisengage the hook 77 from the stud 7 5 on the depressed key. Near theend of the last rotation of the shaft 54, (the operation involving morethan one rotation of the shaft if a number key is de number keys 62determines the number of tickets to be issued, comprises a plate 105(Figs. 8 and 12) loosely mounted at its rear end on one arm of a bellcrank 106 journaled on the stud 69 and at its forward end on one arm ofa bell crank 107 loosely mounted on the stud 71. Formed in the upperedge of the plate 105 are slots 108 coiiperating The slots 108 aredifferentially inclined so that each of the keys 62 will impart adifferent extent of movement to the plate 105. The rearwardly extendingarm 112 of the bell'crank 106 is loosely connected by means of a link113'to a bell crank 114 loosely mounted'on a rod 115. It is clear thatthe connections described afford a means whereby the bell crank 114 maybe rocked to various positions by operating different keys 62, thepurpose of so rocking the bell crank 114 being to control the number ofoperations of the driving mechanism in a manner which will r bedescribed fully later on.

When the depressed number key is released at the end 4' upper -edge of aplate 123 to give the plate 'j is imparted to a bell crank 125 and athree armed element 126 loosely connected to the of an operation aspring 117 restores the plate 105 and parts operated thereby to thenormal position in which they are shown in the drawings. A projection118 on the lower edge of theplate 105 cotiperates with the pin 82 toprevent movement of the'plate past normal position.

As previously stated, complete depression of-a price key 61 actuates thelocking plate 1 91 to lock the keys 62 until the operation of themachine is completed. When a price key 61 is, depressed a stud 121 (Fig.6) pro jecting from the left hand side of the key cotiperates with aninclined slot 122 in the 123 a rearward movement. This movement rearwardby depression of a key 61a similar rearward movement will be imparted bymeans of the pin 128 to the locking plate 91 so that after the price keyhas been depressed it is impossible either to release or depress one ofthe number keys. 9 A spring 130 stretched between the three armedelement 126 and a locking detent, described later, serves to return theplates 123. and 91 to original released. V v

In order to prevent depression of a num ber key 62 whena price key hasbeen only partially depressed the three armed elem'ei'it 126 has one ofits arms slotted, as shown in. Fig. 6, to engage a stud 131 attached tothe right hand side arm 132 of a yoke 133 loosely mounted on a rockshaft 134." The left hand side arm of the member 133 'has'formed thereona finger 135 which when'the plate 123 is moved rearward will be swungcounter clockwise (Fig. 6) under a-rearwardly exposition when the pricekey is tending arm 136 (Figs. 8 and 12) of the bell. v

crank 107. supporting the differentially slotted plate 105. This willprevent rearward movement of the plate 105 and thereby make itimpossible to depress any of the number keys 62. If a number key hasalready been depressed the bell crank 107 will have been rocked farenough for the arm 136 on the bell crank to have been carried down to aposition where the finger135will pass abovethe end of arm and therebyprevent any interference between the. parts. 7 Rearward movement of theplate 123 not only actuates the locking plate 91 to prevent V depressionof the keys 62'but italso releases the operating mechanism. For thispurpose the bell crank 125 has loosely connected thereto the upper endofa link 141. At its lower end the link 141 has a slot surrounding astud 142 projecting from one arm of an element 143 loosely mounted-onthe rod 115. Another arm of the element 143 carries a flat sidedstud 144normally in engagement with the uppermost oneof a series of teeth 145formed'in the rear end of a lever 146. The lever 146 is fastened onarock shaft 147 suitably supportedby the frames of the machine.Pivotally mounted on the stud 142 is a. lever 151 which at its upper endhastwo shoulders 152, the upper oneof which is normally under and inengagement with 'a flat sided stud 153 projecting from the side of thelink 141. The lever 151 is normally held in this position by a spring154 stretched between the lowenend oflthe lever and a pin 155 projectingfrom the side of the element143.:,. v When either; of the keys 61 isdepressed and thebell crank 125 rocked the link 141 will be thrustdownward and, as the lever 151 forms a positive connection between thelink 141'and the element 143, the-latteris rocked counter clockwise(Figs. 5 and 6) to carry the stud-144 out'of'engagement with the toptooth 145 of the lever 146. When the stud 144 is so disengagedthe shaft147 is rocked counter clockwise (Figs. 5 and 6) by a spring 161 (Fig. 5)coiled about the shaft 147 and bent at one end around a stud 162projecting from the right hand machine frame, the other end' of thespring being bent around a laterally projecting lug 163 on an arm 164fastened to the shaft 147.

Rigidly fastened to the shaft 147 is a stepped arm 166 (Fig. 8) which inthe normal position of the shaft 147 is so held that the shaft 147 maybe given one step of movement by the spring 161 before the top step onthe plate 166 strikes an arresting tooth 167 attached to the side of thebell crank 114. Operation of the machine will then result in a singleticket being printed and ejected from the machine. If more than oneticket is desired the proper number key 62 is depressed thereby actingthrough the-differential plate 105 (Fig. 12) and connections pre viouslydescribed to rock the bell crank 114 to a position where its arrestingtooth 167 will engage the proper one of the lower steps on the plate166. For example, if it is desired to issue three tickets the key 62bearing the numeral 3 (Fig. 8) is depressed with the result that thebell crank 114 is set for its arresting tooth 167 to engage the thirdtooth from the top when the shaft 147 is released. The ensuing operationof the machine will then result in three complete rotations of thedriving shaft 54. A ticket will be printed and ejected during each ofsaid rotations and at each rotation the shaft 147 will be restored onestep toward its original positionas hereinafter described. lVhen itreaches the original position the de pressed keys will be released andall of the parts then returned to the positions in which they are shown.

The mechanism whereby the rock shaft 147 is restored to its originalposition will next be described. The description will, however. be briefas the mechanism in question is fully shown and described in thecopending Skerl application previously mentioned and reference may behad to that application if more complete information as to theconstruction and operation is desired.

The mechanism for restoring the shaft 147 is shown in Figs. 5, 6 and 7.It includes a bell crank 171 loosely mounted on the rock shaft 147 andcarrying an anti-friction roller 172 projecting into a cam groove 173formed in the right hand side of the disk 103. The

' forwardly extending arm of the bell crank 171has pivoted thereto alever 175. Attached to the lower arm of the lever 17 5 is a stud 176projecting into a cam slot 177 in one arm178 of a bell crank I179. Theother arm of the bell crank 179 carries a roller 180 projecting into acam groove 181 in the right hand side of a disk 182 fastened to thedriving shaft 54. 7

hen the driving shaft 54 is rotated the bell cranks 171 and 17 9 arefirst rocked counterclockwise (Fig. 6) as a unit by their respective camgrooves. The'bell crank 179 is then rocked clockwise slightly while thebell crank 171 remains stationary the result being that the cam slot 177acts againstthe plate 166 one step toward their starting point. Near theend of the rotation of the shaft 54 the lever 178 is rocked back to itsoriginal position with reference to the bell crank 171 and this carriesthe stud 185 out of engagement with the tooth 186. i

As the stud 185 is movedout of engagement with the tooth .186 theelement 143 is rocked so that the stud 14.4 thereon is carried intoengagementwith the upper face of the tooth 145 which has just beenbrought to a position opposite the stud. This retains the shaft 147 inthe positionto which it has just beenmoved by the stud 185.

In order to permit the stud 144 to move into engagement with the teeth145 a stud 187 (Fig. projecting from the side of a disk 186 fastened tothe driving shaft 54 engages a nose 188 on the upper end of the lever151 and rocks the lever clockwise (Fig.6) to carry the upper shoulder152 out of engagement with the stud 153 on the link 141, whereupon thespring 154 rocks the element 143 clockwise to engage the stud 144 withthe teeth 145. During the'rest of the continuous rotations of the shaft54 the spring will cause the stud 144 to coeperate with the teeth 145 inthe manner of a retaining ratchet.

In order to insure proper movement of the element 143 in case the spring154 should become disabled, an upwardly extending arm of the element-143 is provided with a nose- 1911 which is engaged by the stud 187 torock for by the ticket key have been vices (not shown) toarrest themovement of the driving shaft 54. At the time the stud 187 engages thenose 188 during the last operation the depressed key 61 is released andreturned to normal, position, thereby raising the link 141 sothat thespring 154 will reengage the upper'shoulder 152 on the lever 151 withthe stud 153 on' the link. The mechanism whereby the keys 61areretainedin depressed position and released'will next be described. I pWhen a price key-61 has been depressed far enough to release the rockshaft 147, a locking detent 191' (Fig. 6) is moved for-- Ward to aposition where one of its hooks 192 will be 'abovethe stud 121 on theoperated key, the other hook 192 being below the stud on the key whichremains in outer or undepre ssed position; .The locking plate 191 isloosely supported at its forward end on an arm 193 journaled on the stud71 and'at its rear end by one arm of a lever 194 journaled on the stud69. At its lower end the lever 194 carries a stud 195 engaging a slot.in the end of an arm 196 attached to a shaft 197 journaled in themachine frames. Near its right hand end the shaft 197 has fastenedthereto an arm 198 (Fig. 10) carrying a stud 199 projecting through aslot 200 in the machine frame into a cam slot 201 in a plate 202. Theplate 202 has a second slot- 203 surrounding a pin204 attached to themachine frame and is pivotally connected at its upper end to an arm 205loosely attached to the machine frame bymeans of a screw 206. The lowerend of the plate 202 has a slot engaging a stud 207 attached to an arm208 fastened to the end of the rock shaft 147. When the rock shaft 147is released and rocked counterclockwise (Fig. 10) the cam slot 201'willact against the stud-199 in such a way as to rock the shaft 197 and arm196 (Fig. 6) in a clockwise direction. This will cause acounterclockwise movement of the lever 194 about the stud 69 and therebymove the locking plate 191 to locking position.

.In'addition to the plates 123 and 191 cooperating with the price keys61 there is provided a plate 212 (Fig. 5) controlling the selectiveoperation of the ticketmechanisms. The plate 212 is loosely supported atits rear end by an arm 213 pivoted to the key frame 63 by means of ascrew 214. At its forward end the plate 212 is loosely supported by anarm 215 pivoted on a screw 216. In the upper edge of the plate 212 is avertical slot 217 cooperating with a stud 218 on the lower price keyand'an inclined slot 219 cooperating with a stud 220 on the higher pricekey. It is apparent that this arrangement of the slots is such that whenthe lower price key is depressed the plate 212 will remain stationary inthe position showngwhile if the higher price key is depressed its stud220 and inclined slot 219 will cooperate to move the plate 212 rearwardagainst the tension of a spring 2131. The spring 2131 will return theplatez212to normal position after the higher price key is released.ashoulder 2141 on theplate being at this normal position held against apin 2151 projecting from the key frame. V

"'J'Th'e. connections whereby the plate 212 t S h icket mechanismscomprises a key is depressed and the bell crank 221 (Fig. 5) loose onthe rock ed 011 a stud 225 and the stud 56. By tracing 1 the movementthrough the connections described itwill be seen that when the plate 212is held in normal position by the spring 2131 the plate 224 will be heldin the position shown while if the higher price plate 212 moved rearwardthe plate 224 will be lowered.

A rearwardly extending lug on the plate 224 carries 'a stud 226 engaginga slot 227 in a beam 228. The upper endof the beam 228 is looselyconnected by a link 229 to an arm 230 fastened to the rock shaft 134,while the lower end of the beam 228 is pivoted at 231 to the side of apitman 232. The pit man'232 is slotted at its ends to engage the stud 56and the driving shaft 54 and carries a roller 233 projecting into a camgroove 234 in the side of the disk 186. The configuration of the camgroove 234 is such that as soon as the driving shaft begins to turn thepitman is thrust forward, thereby swinging the beam 228 about the stud226 and rocking the shaft 134 clockwise (F ig. 5). The shaft 134 is heldin rocked position until near the end of the rotation of the shaft 54and the parts are then returned to their original positions. When theplate 224 is in the position shown the fulcrum stud 226 occupies aposition in the slot 227 which will result in the shaft 134 being givenone step of movement, but if the higher price key 61 is depressed tocause its stud 220 to move the plate 212 rearward the plate 224 will bemovedto carry its fulcrum stud 226 down in the slot 227 so that when thepitman 232 is operated the shaft 134 will be given two steps ofmovement. This differential movement of the shaft 134 sets connectionshereinafter de scribed for determining which of the two ticketmechanisms is to be operated.

Ticket mechanism.

The ticket feeding and printing mecha nisms for both strips are drivenby a gear 241 (Fig. 1) attached to the left handend of the driving shaft54. The gear 241 meshes with a gear 242' and the gear 242 in turn mesheswith a gear'244 rigid with a cylinder 245 (Fig. 4). This cylindercarries a pair of the usual feeding flanges 246 for each of the ticketstrips.

Cooperating with each pair of flanges is a feeding roller 247,.the lefthand one of which is shown in Fig. 1. The right hand. roller 247 is notshown in the drawings be cau e such a showing is not necessa y to anunderstanding of the construction. The left hand roller, which is calledinto play when tickets of lower price are to be fed, is rotatablymounted on a pair of eccentrics 251 (Figs. Y14 and 15) fastened to arock shaft 243 and carries the gear242. The right hand roller, which iscalled into play when the higherprice tickets are wanted, is rotatablymounted on a pair of eccentrics 252 also fastened to said shaft. The tworollers 247 are connected by a slot 253 and a pin 254 in the mannerillustrated in Fig. 19 so that while both rollers will be rotated whenthe gear 242 is driven a slight relative movement between the tworollers, due to their different axes of rotation, is permitted.

Meshing with the teeth of thegear 241 is also agear 261 (Figs'l and 18)fastened to the left hand end of a cylinder 262. This cylinder will bedescribed more in detail later on it being suiiicient .to state herethat it carries a pair of feeding flanges 263 for each of the ticketstrips. Coiiperating with these pairs of flanges is a feeding roller 265(Figs. 1 and 4) for thelower price tickets and a roller 266 for thetickets of higher price. These rollers are mounted respectively on apair of eccentrics267 (Figs. 14 and 15 and a pair of eccentrics 268fastened to a rock shaft 269. The left hand roller 265 is rigid with agear 271 meshing with the gear 261 and the roller 265 has a slot and pinconnection with the roller 266 similar to that of rollers 247 (Figs. 4and 19) so that at each rotation of the driving shaft 54 the rollers 265and 266. are both driven to the same extent.

The two pairs of eccentrics on the shaft 243 and the two pairs ofeccentrics on the shaft 269 are so positioned on the shafts that bygiving the shafts a rocking movement in one direction or the other therollers for the desired strip may be moved into feeding relation withthe cylinders 245 and 262. At the same time the rollers for the otherstrip are swung-out of feeding rela-' tionship with the cylinders sothat the paper.

strip for tickets of that price will not be seized and fed by the.flanges 246' and 263 on the cylinders. This rocking movement of theeccentric bearing shafts 243 and 269 in one direction will. move theroller driving gears 242 and 271 away from the gears 244 and 261, butthis movement is not sufficient to entirely disengage the gears. Inother words, regardless of the position occupied bythe shafts 243 and269 the driving connection between the gears is always maintained. 1

The position of the eccentric bearing shafts is determined by theposition of the fulcrum plate 224 (Fig. 5). As previously pointed out,when said plate is in the position shown and themachine is operated'therock shaft 134 is given one step of movement while if the'platelias beenmoved down by depression of the higher price key the shaft 134 will begiven two steps of movement.

a slot 282 (see also Fig. 14) surrounding a stud 283 attached to a beam284 pivoted at 285 to the end of a pitman 286. 1V hen the shaft 134 isrocked one step the segment 277 will be swung downward and the segmentalplate 281 turned until the portion 287 of the slot 282 is in engagementwith the stud 283; but when the shaft 134 is given the two steps ofrocking movement the segmental plate 281 will be turned to apositionwhere the part 288 of the slot 282 will-be in'engagement with the stud283.

' The lower end of the beam 284 is pivoted at 290 (Figs. 14 and 15) toan ear 291 (see also Fig. 17) formed on a split hub 292 clamped on therock shaft 269. The pitman 286, as shown in Fig. 11. carries anantifriction roller 294 projecting into a groove 295 in the right handside of a disk 296 fastened to the shaft 58. For the greater part of itsextent the groove 295 is considerably wider than the diameter of theroller 294 so that the pitman is free to move endwise in eitherdirection from the position shown. When the segmental plate 281 isrocked to carry the portion 288 into engagement with the stud 283 thebeam 284 will be swung about its pivot 290 and the pitman 286 movedtoward the'rear of the machine. A restricted portion 301 of the camgroove 295 then comes into engagement'with the roller 294 and the pitman286 is returned to the position in which it is shown. This because ofthe fact that the segmental plate 281is holding the, stud 283stationary, causes the rock shaft 269 to be rocked clockwise (Fig. 14)or counter clockwise as viewed in Fig.17, thereby causing the eccentricson the shaft to swing the roller 266 into feeding relation with thecylinder 262 and at the same time the roller 265 is swung away fromfeeding relationship with thecylinder. This rocking movement of theshaft 269 is tran mitted to the rock shaft 243. through an arm 303,formed on the hub 292, and a link 304 to an arm 305 formed on a splithub 306 clamped to the shaft 243. The connection just described is soarranged that clockwise movement (Fig. 14) of the shaft 269 will causecounter clockwise movement of the shaft 243 thereby carrying the righthand roller 247 for the higher price tickets into feeding relation withthe flanges 246 on the cylinder 245. At the same time the left handroller 247 for the other ticket strip will be swung out of feedingrelationship with its pair of flanges. After the rock shafts 269 and 243have been-set to cause tickets of one kind to be fed the shafts willremain in position during the succeeding operations of the machine untilthe key 61 for the lower price ticketsvis operated.

If the rock shafts are set for higher price tickets and the lower pricekey is depressed the segmental plate 281 will be turned until theportion 287 (Fig. 1) of the slot 282 is in engagement with the stud 283.This will move the pitrnan 286 toward the front of the machine, amovement which is permitted by the wide slot 295, and'during theforepart of the rotation the portion 301 of the cam slot will move thepitman 286 rearward and thereby rock the shafts 269 and 243 back tothe-position shown, that is to the position in which the rollers 247 and265 for the lower price tickets are in feeding position and the rollersfor the higher price tickets held in idle position.

The machine has locking devices coiiperating with the selectingmechanism just described to insure proper relation of the parts duringoperation. One of these locking devices cooperates with the fulcrumbearing plate 224 (Fig. 5) and the other cotiperates with a lockingelement 307 (Figs. 14 and 17) attached to the rock shaft 269.

The locking element coiiperating with the plate 224 is in the form of aplate 311 slidably mounted on studs 312 and 313 and carrying a laterallyextending blade 314 to engage notches 315 in the forward edge of thplate 224. An extension 316 of the plate 311 carries a stud 317 engagingan open slot in the end of an arm 318 fastened to the rock shaft 197.When the shaft 197 is rocked by upward movement of the plate 202 (Fig.10) previously mentioned,.the arm 318 will be swung clockwise and theplate 311 slid rearward to engage its blade 314 with whichever one ofthe notches 315 is at the time opposite the blade. When the plate 202 isrestored to its original position during the final step of movement ofthe rock shaft 147 and the shaft 197 rocked backto its original positionthe plate 316 will be slid forward to release the fulcrum bearing plate224 so that it may be adjusted if the subsequent ticket issuingoperation requires such adjustment.

The locking device co5perating with the locking element 307 is in theform of an arm 321 (Figs. 1, 14, 15 and 17) loosely mounted on a rod 322and held against lateral movement away from the adjacent machine frameby a collar 323 pinned to the rod. (See also Fig. 4.) The arm 321 has anose 324 suitably formed to engage notches 325 in the locking element307, there being a notch for each of the two positions of the shaft 269.The arm321 carries an anti-friction roller 326 projecting into a camgroove 327 (Fig. 1) formed in the side of a disk 328 (Fig. 4) fastenedto the driving shaft 54. The cam groove 327 is so shaped that at thebeginning of an operation the locking arm 321 is disengaged from thelocking plate 307 so that the shaft 269 is freed ready for adjustment;The locking arm 321 is'he'ld out of engagement only long enough for theshaft 269 and, of course, the shaft 243 to be set, after which it isreturned to engagement to hold theshafts in adjusted position untilshortly after the beginning of the next operati0n.- V

In addition to the feeding mechanism above described each of the ticketstrips has an auxiliary feeding mechanism which is called into play onlywhen the strip for that mechanism is to be fed. These auxiliarymechanisms are controlled by the position of the shaft 269. Each of themcomprises a lever 331 (Figs. 1 and 4) loosely mounted on a shaft 332.Rotatably mounted on a stud 333 attached to the levers are pinions 334meshing with gears 335 attached to the shaft 332. The gear 335 at theleft hand end of the shaft 332 or at the right hand end as viewed inFig. 4, meshes with the gear 271, previously mentioned. It is clear,therefore, that at each and every operation of'the shaft 332 both of thepinions 334 will be driven.

Rigid with each of the pinions 334isa knurled disk 337 'coiiperatingwith smaller but similarly arranged disks or rollers 338 (Fig. 1)loosely mounted on a rod 339. Springs 340 tend at all times to rock thelevers 331 clockwise (Fig. 1) so as to engage the disks 337 with thecotiperating rollers 338, but when the machine is operated, one or theother of the levers 331 is held with its disk 337 out of feedingposition. For this purpose, clamped to the shaft 269 is a stop 343(Figs. 1, 4, 15 and 16) to cotiperate with a stud 344 projecting fromthe side of the lever 331 for the lower pricetickets. When the shaft 269is at the position where the lower price ticket mechanism is to beoperated the stop 343 is held out of the path of the stud 344. At thistime a stop 346 (Figs. 15 and 16) formed on the hub 292 is held in thepath of the pin 344 on the lever 331 for the higher price tickets.

When theshaft 269 is rocked to its other position, thatis, to render thehigher price knife 357 (Fig. 1) having slots through with the gear 271and roller 265 and thelatter cam having a similar slot and pinconnection 353 with a disk 354 rigid with the roller 266. It is clear,therefore, that when the machine is operated and the gear 271 androllers 265 and 266 driven, both of the cams will be given a completerotation. When the portions 351 (Fig. 14) of the cams pass the noses 347of the levers 331 the spring 340 for one of the levers will rock .itslever in the proper direction to move its feeding disk 337 intoeffective position The other lever 331 will be held againstsuch movementby its stop 343 or 346 depending upon which of thedisks 337 is to beheld in ineffective position.

Each operationof the feeding devices described feeds a ticket intoposition to be severed and ejectedfrom the machine. The severingmechanism comprises a stationary which the tickets are fed. Cotiperatingwith the stationary knife 357 is a pair of movable knives 358 held inslidingengagement with the stationary knife by spring .tensioned yokes359 the side arms 360 of which are (as shown in Figs. 4 and 23) looselymounted on a rod 361 supportedin the upper ends of arms 362 fastenedto ashaft 363. Loosely mounted on the shaft 363 is a lever 364 provided atits upper end with an open slot 365 engaging the end of a rod 366. Thisrod 366 .is loosely mounted in the arms 362 and isgprovided with a knob367 bymeans of which it may be moved endwise against'the tension of aspring 368 to disengage the end of the rod from the slot in the lever364.

'The lever 364 is operated to'impart slidingmovement to the knives 358by a pitman 371 (Figs. 1, '4 and 11) pivoted at one end to the lever andslotted at its other end to engage the hub of the cam disk 296.

Mounted on the side of the pitman 371 is an anti-friction roller 372engaging a slot 373 in the left hand side of the disk 296. The groove373 is so shaped that 'shortlyafter the shaft 58 begins to turn thepitman 371 is drawn forward and the knives 358 moved rearward to clearthe slots in the stationary knife 357. Theknives 358 are not given theirsevering movement, that is, their movement back to the position in whichthey are shown in Fig. 1, until the rotation of the shaft 58 is almostcompleted. If, for any reason, it should be necessary to withdraw theknives 358 from over the slots in the stationary knife without.operating the machine, the rod 366 may be drawn out of engagement withthe lever 364, after which the shaft 363 is free to rockindependently ofthe lever 364 in the pr0per directi0n to carry the knives 358 clear ofthe slots.

After thetickets have been severed they are ejected from the machine.The ejecting tickets from the machine.

mechanism comprises a shaft 380 (Figs. 1, 4', 22 and 23) to which isfastened a pair of spools 381 for each ticket strip. The portions 382 ofthe spools engage the strips and areknurled or otherwise roughened so asto prevent slippin when feeding the paper. Coiiperating with the spools381 are knurled or roughened rollers 383 loosely mounted on rods 384having their ends engaging slots in flanges 385 formed on the knifeoperating yokes 359. When the yokes 359 and the knives 358 are movedrearward to open the slots in the stationary knife the rollers 383 arecarried out of contact with against the spools 381 before the knives 358complete their severing movement and during the rest of the movement ofthe knives the rollers 383 are held stationary against the tension ofsprings 386, this movement of the yokes 359 relative to the rollers 383being permitted by slots in the 'fianges 385.

During this relative movement projections 388 on the flanges 385 arecarried under the rod 380 and hold the yokes and devices carried therebyin proper position. The springs 386, it should be explained here, notonly permit the relative movement mentioned, but they also give thespring tension previously mentioned to the'yokes 359.

After the rollers 383 and spools 381 are in feeding relationship theshaft 380 is driven in the proper direction to throw the This is done bya toothed segment 391 (Figs. 4 and 22) .at

the upper endof a lever 392 loosely mounted on the rod 100. The teeth ofthe segment mesh with a pinion 390 fastened to the shaft 380 and aspring 393 normally holds the lever against a stop 395. At its lower endthe lever 392 is formed to coiiperat with a cam 396 attached to thesideof a disk 397 fastened to the driving shaft 54. Toward the end of arotation of the driving shaft the earn 396 engages the lower end of thelever 392 and turns it in a clockwise direction (Fig. 22)tl'iereby'rotating the shaft 380 in a counter clockwise direction.During this time th rollers 382 are out of'contact with the strip andthe strip is being fed by the feeding devices, previously described. Atthe very end of the operation and after the rollers 383 have beenpressed against the spools 382 the end 397 of the cam 396 clears thelever 3 92 and the spring 393 returns the lever 392 to its originalposition. This return movement is, of course, very rapid and issuflicient in extent to cause the spools 381 and eotiperating rollers383 to throw the ticket clear of the machine with considerable force. Asit is thrown from the machine it enters a guide and is directed to areceiver from which it may be removed by the purchaser. The constructionof the guide and receiver will be explained in detail later on, Thecylinder 245 may have attached to its periphery the usual type plates tocooperate with the rollers 247 to print on the backs of the tickets anymatter desired, although no such plates are shown in the drawings. Theink for the type plates is suppliedvby rolls 401 (Figs. 1 and 4)rotatably mounted on rods 402 loosely supported in notches formed inarms 403 loose on the rock shaft 404. Springs 405 hold the arms 403 inposition for the ink rolls to be engaged by the type when the cylinder245 is turned.

Fastened to the shaft 404 is a manually operable lever 406 and smallarms 407 to engage studs 408 attached to the sides of the arms 403. Whenit is desired to ink or replace the rolls 401 the lever 406 isdepressed. This rocks the shaft 404 and the arms 407 will swing the arms403 down far enough for the inking rollers to be lifted out of thenotches in the arms last mentioned.

The printing cylinder 262 for printing on the faces of the tickets isprovided with a similar pair of ink, rolls 411 and similar mechanism forswinging the supporting arms 412 for the rollers to a position wherethe-rollers may be removed.

The cylinder 262 carries type wheels for printing the dates, type wheelsfor printing the prices and type plates fastened to the periphery of thecylinder for printing on the faces of the tickets the other matter shownin Figs. 9 and 24. The printing impressions ar made, of course, when thevarious'type are carried into printing relationship with the rollers 265and 266.

-The details of the construction of the cylinder 262 are shown in Figs.18 and 20. Journaled on'the end plates 414 of the cylinder is a shaft415 on which are rotatably mounted a set of type wheels 416 forprintprice type wheels 418 and 419 for printing ingthe date on the lowerprice tickets and a set of date wheels 417 for the higher price tickets.Mounted on the shaft 415 are also respectively on th lower and higherprice tickets. The price type carriers 418 and 419 are intended to berotated manually or by means of an inserted implement to positio thetype thereonto print on the tickets any desired price. The date typecarriers 416 and 417 are adjusted to print any desired date by operatingthe shaft 415. For this purpose the shaft is both rotatable and movableendwise and is provided with a notch 421 for each set of date wheels.These notchesare squared to cooperate with the ends of pawls 422attached to the sides of the date wheels and are also rounded in such away that endwise movement of the shaft will cam the pawls 422 out ofengagement with the notches. In the drawings the shaft 415 is at itsinner position with the notches 421 in position to engage the pawls 422on the type wheels for printing the month, but by moving the shaft endwise the notches may be positioned to engage the pawls 422 on either ofthe type wheels for printing the days of the month.

In order to operate the shaft 415 conveniently it has attached to itsend a knurled button 424 and a collar 425 onwhich are impressed threeseries of digits representing the months and the units and tens of days.Fastened to the end of the cylinder isa plate 426 on which is formed apointer or index 427 cotiperating with the digits on 427 and the shaftisthen turned to engage the shoulders of the notches 421 with the ends ofthe pawls 422 on the type carriers which are to be set., The rotation ofthe shaft is then continued in the same direction until the desired typeis brought to printing position. The shaft may then be moved endwise toestablish operating relationship between the. notches 421 and any otherpair of pawls 422 in case changing the date involves the setting of morethan one of the type carriers.

- Spring operated with the date and price type wheels to hold the wheelsin position. The pawls are held against lateral displacement by a formedplate 433 having flanges 434 and 435 in which are slots (not shown) toreceive the pawls.

.The ticket strips are drawn from rolls- (not shown)' in the lower partof the ma chine and pass up through chutes 441 to the printing cylinder245 and its cooperat ing impression and feeding rollers 247. The chutes441 are independently movable in the manner and for the purposehereinafter explained in detail. After passing the cylinder 245 theticket strips enter guides" 442 attached to the face of a plate 443(Fig. 4) supported by arms 444 fastened to the rod 322. A third pair ofguides 445 fastened to the front face of a plate 446 so cured to a frame440 supporting the stationary knife 357 are arranged to guide the stripsfrom the cylinder 262 to the upper ing the tickets.

alining pawls 431 engage the teethof ratchet wheels 432 rigid menus Thelower chutes 441 have rearwardly extending ears 447 (Figs. 1, 2, 3 and4) in which are open slots 448 engaging a rod 449'. At their lower endsthe guides have rearwardly extending portions 450 in which are holes(not shown) surrounding studs 451 attached to the under side of themachine frame.

Pivoted on the rod 449 is a plate 452 for each of the guides 441. Theplates 452 have slots engaging studs 453 projecting from the ears 447and at their forward ends the plates carry studs 454 engaging slots inthe lower ends of links 455. The link 455 for the lower price ticketguide 441 is pivoted at its upper end to an arm formed on an element 456clamped to the rock shaft 243. The other link 455, that is, the one forthe higher price tickets is pivoted to an arm 457 formed on the-splithub 306 previously mentioned. By comparing Figs. 2 and 3 it will be seenthat the links 455 are connected to the elements 456 and 306 atoppositesides of the shaft 243 so that by rocking movement of the shaftone of the links will be raised and the other lowered. This movementwill be imparted throu h the links to the paper guides, although t elengths of the slots engaging the studs 454 is such that the entiremovement of the links will not be transmitted to the guides.

Formed on each of the guides 441 are forwardly extending ears 461supporting a rod 462 on which is loosely mounted a yoke member 463.These yoke members have portions 464 extending through openings (notshown) in the front walls of the guides 441, said portions being held inengagement with the ticket strip by suitable springs 465. Each of theyokes also has formed on it a finger 466 by means of which the -membersmay be rocked manually against the tension of the springs 465 to clearthe guides when the ticket strips are being inserted. After the stripsare inserted and the vyokes released the springs 465 hold the portions464 in engagement with the strips to grip the strips against the backplates of'the guides so that the stripswill be frictionally held againstmovement with reference to the guides. If the guides are now moved thefrictional engagement mentioned will cause the paper to be movedendwise.

In Figs. 1, 2, and 3 the shaft 243 is shown set at the proper positionfor tickets of lower price to be issued. In this position the element456 is elevated and the element 306 loweredso that the lower priceticket strip is held in proper relation with the feeding and severingmechanism while the other strip is held back in incorrect relationshipwith its mechanism. When the shafts269 and 243-arerocked as previouslydescribed to disable the lower price ticket Ticket receiver and guide.

In describing the ticket ejecting mechanism it was pointed out that thetickets are thrown with considerable force into a guide constructed todirect the tickets into a receiver from which they may easily be removedby the purchaser. A preferred form of receiver and chute or guide isshown in Figs. 1 and 24 when a double printer such as shown is used.When a single printer such as shown in the Skerl application is used theform of chute shown in Fig. 25 is preferred. The guide comprises a metalframe 471 attached to the top of the machine casing and surrounding anopening in the top of the casing through which the tickets are ejected.Rigid with the frame 471 is a plate 472 having an upwardly inclinedportion 474 and a portion 475 inclined downward and rearward,'the twoportions being connected at the top by a curved portion 476. At itslower rearend (to the left in Fig. 1), the portion 475 terminates in atongue 477 at right angles to which is formed a stop 478 to limit theoutward movement of the tickets. At'the top of'the inclined portion 475in the type of chute in Fig. 24 i-sa pair of stops 481, one for eachticket strip. In the single chute Fig. 25 only one such stop isemployed. The stops 481 are to limit reverse movement of the tickets andthereby prevent the tickets from being either accidentally or purposelythrown up over the curved top 476 to a position from which they can dropback into the machine Pivoted on ears 482 extending downward from theportion 475, of the plate 472 is aguide consisting of two metal sideplates 483 connected by a cross bar 484. Mounted between the side plates483 and cross bar 484 is a plate 485 of glass or other transparentmaterial. When the tickets are thrown from the machine they start in anearly vertical direction and strike against the under side of the topplate 485 of the guide. As shown in Fig. 1, the plate 485 is curved soas to deflect the tickets from the path of movement imparted to them bythe check ejecting mechanism and direct the tickets over the elevation476and stops 481 to a position where they will strike the stop 478."Whenthey are arrested by said stop they assume a position substantiallyparallel to the portion 475 of the plate 482 and the formation of thetongue 477 easily permits the purchaser to grasp the tickets andwithdraw them. If an attempt is made to throw the tickets backup overthe top 476 the stops 481.will arrest the tickets and they will thendrop back toward their natural position against the stop 478.

As shown in Fig. 24 the metal sides'483 have portions 487 convergingtoward a common point. These converging portions cooperate with thecurved top 483 to cause the tickets ejected from either strip to bedirected to a position between the stops 478 and 481 common-to bothstrips. In other words, if the machine should be operated to issuetickets from both strips without removing any of the tickets from thereceiver, tickets of the two kinds will be piled one on top of theother. The top and sides of the opening formed by the convergingportions 487 of the side walls and the curved top of the guide serve tohold the tickets in proper position with reference to the sto 478. 3 7 Vf the tickets should for any reason become disarranged so as to preventtheir passage to the position wherethey are accessible to the purchaserthey can be straightened or removed by swinging the hoodor guide aboutits pivotal connection to the position .shown by the dotted outline inFig. 1, thereby giving access to all portions of the ticket passage way.

lInstead of having the sides of the hood or guideconverge as shown inFig. 24 the sides maybe parallel and a separate tongue and stop 478provided for each of the tick In order to'operate the-machine to issue asingle ticket all that is necessary is to depress the key 61 for theprice of tickets desired and then turn the operating handle 50.

If more than one ticket is desired it is necessary to depress the key 62representing the number of tickets wanted first, after which the key 61for the price of tickets is depressed. Depression of the keys 62 setsthe -mechanism for determining the number of times the machine is tooperate and consequently-the number of tickets to be issued whiledepression of the key 61 releases the operating mechanism and alsodetermines If the mechanism is all in the position shown in the variousfigures of the drawings and the lower value amount key 61 is depressedno movement of the printer controlling mechanism occurs and, as a resultthe feeding mechanism for the lower price-tickets will feed tickets fromthelower price strip. If with the parts in the positionmentioned thehigher price key 61 is depressed its stud 220 will shift the plate 212rearward and this movement will be transmitted through the arm 215 andbell crank 221 to the sliding fulcrum plate 224, thereby lowering thepin 226 carried by the fulcrum plate to a position in the slot 227 belowthe one in which it is shown. When the element 228 containing the slot227 is rocked about the fulcrum pin 226 by operation of the pitman 232the link 229 connected to the upper part of the link or element 228 willoperate through the arm 230 to rock the shaft 134.

This rocking movement of the shaft 134 will be transmitted through thearm 2,75 andlink 276 to the se ment 277 (Fig. 1) thereby rotating thepinion 279 and segment plate 281 rigid with the pinion in a clockwise direction to'carry the portion 288 of the slot 282 in the segment plateinto engagement with a. stud 283 attached to the arm 284. At

its lower end the arm 284 is'loosely connected to an ear 291 on theelement 292 clamped to 281 is operated to engage the portion 288 of thecam slot with thestud 283 the pitman 286 will be drawn rearward. Shortlyafter the operation of the machine begins the reduced portion 301 (Fig.11) of the slot 295 in the cam disk 296 will be carried into engagementwith the roller 294 on the pitman 286 and restore the pitman to itsoriginal position. This, because of the fact that the stud 283 is beingheld by the slot in the segment plate 281; will cause the shaft 269 toberocked clockwise (Fig. 14) or counter clockwise (Fig. 17) and will causethe pairs of eccentrics 267 and 268 attached to the rock shaft 269 toswing the feeding roller 265 for the eccentrics 251 and 252 controllingthe feeding rollers 247. The construction is such that both the upperand lower rollers for a ticket strip are simultaneously moved in and outof engagement with their ticket strip.

After the deviceshave been set in this way to cause the higherpricetickets to be issued

